Brecht Bertolt - Mother Courage And Her Children - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: This new Student Edition featuring the classic John Willett translation of the play includes an introduction by Katherine Hollander which explores the following:* Contexts (Thirty Years War 1618 - 1648; World War II and exile; sources; influential figures such as Brecht Margarete Steffin Helene Weigel and Karin Michaelis)* Themes (war; nature; capitalism)* Dramatic devices (epic theatre)* Production history and critical reception* Academic debate (Marxist feminist and postmodernist)* Further study Widely regarded as Brecht's best work Mother Courage and her Children was written in 1938 - 9 and received its premiere in Zurich in 1941. Mother Courage - a canteen woman serving with the Swedish Army during the Thirty Years War (1618 - 48) - follows the armies selling provisions and liquor to the troops. Both her sons die in the war and her dumb daughter Kattrin is mortally wounded as she beats a drum to warn the town of Halle of an impending attack. Yet all the while Mother Courage continues her travels with her wagon indomitably businesslike calculating how she can make material profit from the war and turn conflict into capital.
Title: Mother Courage And Her Children
Author(s): Brecht Bertolt
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781350178533
Pages: 136 Pages
Publication Date: 8/11/2022
Series: Student Editions
Category: Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights